---
name: "Phyrexian Delver"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "C13"
set_name: "Commander 2013"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "a13cbac0-4c76-4970-b61e-5f4e020ee95c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-delver-c13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Phyrexian Delver
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

> *Parce que les morts n'ont aucune volonté pour résister.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sibsig Muckdraggers](/printing/sibsig-muckdraggers-frf.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Phyrexian Reclamation](/printing/phyrexian-reclamation-tdc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Reanimate](/printing/reanimate-uma.md) — Sorcery
4. [Gravedigger](/printing/gravedigger-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Zombify](/printing/zombify-wc03.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ritual of the Returned](/printing/ritual-of-the-returned-jou.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2013 (C13) #86
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`